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sampled these less open western waters. After a day at 

 Stornoway, we crossed the Minch on August 12th, by the 

 East Shiant Bank, to Loch Ewe in Ross-shire, where we 

 wero detained for a day by a heavy gale. On the 14th 

 we commenced to work southwards inside Skye, taking 

 observations in Gair Loch, Loch Torridon, Sound of 

 Raasay, Loch-na-Beiste, the Narrows of Skye, Loch 

 Alsh, Sound of Sleat and Loch Nevis, which occupied the 

 time until August 19th. On that day we ran from Loch 

 Nevis, by Eigg and Muick Islands and round the west 

 of Mull, to the Sound of Iona where we remained over 

 the 20th, and put in that evening to Ulva Channel in 

 Loch-na-Keal, after a visit to Inchkenneth. A gale on 

 the 21st kept us still sheltering behind the island of 

 Ulva, and on the morning of the 22nd we worked round 

 Gometra and the Treshnish group, and along the north 

 coast of Mull. On the 23rd we took observations round 

 Ardnamurchan and to the south of Muick, and reached 

 Tobermory Bay that night. On the 24th we worked 

 down the Sound of Mull to Oban, and remained over the 

 25th in Dunstaffnage Bay, at the entrance to Loch 

 Etive. During the 26th we made a traverse south along 

 the Eirth of Lorn to the Isles of the Sea, and up north 

 again to Oban Bay. On the 27th we started southwards 

 for home, taking observations in Kerrera Sound, off the 

 Isles of the Sea, off Colonsay and Oronsay, and through 

 the Sound of Islay to Lowlandman's Bay in Jura. The 

 following day we crossed the sound of Jura to Loch 

 Swen, and worked up to Tayvallich. On the 29th we 

 started from Loch Swen, in bad weather, down the Sound 

 of Jura, and ran for shelter at night behind Gigha. On 

 the 30th, still pursued by the gale, we came round the 

 Mull of Cantyre, and got into Larne Lough in the North 

 of Ireland at night. The following day, leaving Larne 



